Pakistan

In a unique example of south-south collaboration, the People’s Republic of China and UNDP signed a USD $4 million agreement to provide early recovery assistance over a four month period in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochitan regions of Pakistan. These areas have been severely affected by natural and human-made crises and are in urgent need of support.

The cooperation has two focus areas:

post-disaster recovery from the 2010s flood in Balochistan;

assistance to the temporary dislocated populations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Year after year, Pakistan suffers from floods caused by heavy monsoon rains. The 2010-2012 floods, one of the worst in history, directly affected approximately 20 million people, resulting in 2,000 deaths. In particular, Balochistan, Northwest Pakistan, has struggled to recover from this catastrophe and many affected families have been unable to rebuild their lives.

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas

The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is a semi-autonomous tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, located along the porous Pakistani and Afghan border areas. Frequent military operations over the past decade have caused the displacement of over 1.6 million people, and widespread destruction of houses, farms, livestock, water supply systems, private and public infrastructure including roads, schools and health centers.

To help victims to return and rebuild their homes, three types of aid packages have been provided to households in need:

Meet Shama

Grade two student from Balochistan who wants to grow up to become a doctor.

“Our school had no chairs so our only option was to sit outside on the ground during school hours. Each morning my mother washed and ironed my clothes to remove dirt from them but to no avail because the very next morning my clothes had mud all over them again. With new arm chairs we will be much more comfortable and will be able to study better.”

The project is implemented in partnership with government stakeholders including the Disaster Management Authority, FATA Secretariat and Temporarily Displaced People Secretariat in FATA, and in Balochistan the Departments of Education and Planning and Development.